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Thursday, August 28, 2008

How safe are our airports?

ANOTHER heist at a Malaysian airport. This time, Penang Airport was considered lucky when the robbers fled off only with a bag of cakes instead of RM1.9 million in cash yesterday.However, a money changer was shot and wounded.

It was the second robbery to hit Malaysian airports this year. In Wednesday incident, two masked gunmen fired 10 shots at a money changer at the airport.

The thieves sped off in a getaway car with the bags, one of which contained mooncakes, according to reports.

In April, thieves escaped with more than one million dollars after attacking two money changers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

How safe is our airports these days? Who to blame… the security company employed by Malaysian Airports Berhad or the lack of surveillance at the airport itself?

Malaysian airports are listed as one of the most sophisticated and well-kept airports in this region. If the level of security can still be put to question, something needs to be done about it.